TROPICAL
ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN (TAO) PROGRAM
FINAL
CRUISE
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR
KA-06-04
(GP4-06-KA)
July
6 – August 3, 2006
TAO Program Director
Dr. Michael J. McPhaden
PMEL, TAO Project Office
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115
Area: Equatorial Pacific
Itinerary:
KA-06-04 Kwajalein,
RMI DEP July 6, 2006
Honolulu,
HI
ARR August 3, 2006
CRUISE DESCRIPTION
General guidelines are contained in the TAO Program
Standard Operating Instructions for NOAA
Ship KA’IMIMOANA dated December 8, 2004.
Cruise Objective and Plan:
The objective of this cruise is the maintenance
of the TAO Array along the 165°E and 180° meridians. The scientific complement for the cruise will
embark on Kwajalein, on July 5, 2006.
The ship will depart on July 6, 2006, to commence operations as listed
in Appendix A. After completion of
operations, NOAA Ship KA’IMIMOANA will proceed to
Honolulu, HI, arriving on or about August 3, 2006. All
dates and times referred to in these cruise instructions are in Pacific
Standard Time (PST).
MOP
Operations: TAO
Operations Manager:
Larry Mordock LCDR
Brian Lake, NOAA
NOAA/MOC-Pacific (MOC-P1x3) PMEL, TAO, R/E/PM
1801 Fairview Avenue East 7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, Washington 98102-3767 Seattle,
Washington 98115-0070
(206) 553-4764 (206)
526-6403
Larry.Mordock@noaa.gov Brian.Lake@noaa.gov
1.0 PERSONNEL
1.1 CHIEF SCIENTIST AND PARTICIPATING
SCIENTISTS:
Chief Scientist:
Linda Stratton
The Chief Scientist is authorized to revise or
alter the scientific portion of the cruise plan as work progresses provided
that, after consultation with the Commanding Officer, it is ascertained that
the proposed changes will not: (1) jeopardize the safety of personnel or the
ship; (2) exceed the overall time allotted for the cruise; (3) result in undue
additional expenses; (4) alter the general intent of these instructions. A list of participating scientists
follows. All participating scientists
will submit a medical history form and be medically approved before embarking.
Participating Scientists:
|
Name |
Gender |
Nationality |
Affiliation |
|
Linda
Stratton |
F |
US |
NOAA/PMEL |
|
Brian Powers |
M |
US |
NOAA/PMEL |
|
Alexander Ysam |
M |
FSM |
NOAA/NWS |
|
Kris
Karnauskas |
M |
US |
UMd |
|
James
Rauch |
M |
US
|
NOAA/NDBC |
|
Dane Jaynes |
M |
US |
NOAA/NDBC |
2.0 OPERATIONS
Mooring Operations are scheduled to be conducted
as shown in Appendix A. Operations will
be conducted from 08°N – 165°E to 08°S – 165°E and 08°S – 180°
to 08°N – 180°. The following
mooring operations are anticipated, though the work may be changed by direction
of the Chief Scientist, in consultation with the Commanding Officer.
|
Location |
Mooring Type |
Operation |
Status |
|
08°N
165°E |
ATLAS |
Recover/Deploy |
|
|
05°N
165°E |
ATLAS |
Repair |
Swap rain gauge |
|
02°N
165°E |
ATLAS |
Recover/Deploy |
|
|
0°
165°E |
ATLAS |
Recover/Deploy |
Flux
site, moved 7 NM |
|
02°S
165°E |
ATLAS |
Recover/Deploy |
|
|
05°S
165°E |
ATLAS |
Recover/Deploy |
|
|
08°S
165°E |
ATLAS |
Recover/Deploy |
|
|
Transit |
|
|
|
|
08°S
180° |
ATLAS |
Recover/Deploy |
|
|
05°S
180° |
ATLAS |
Recover/Deploy |
|
|
02°S
180° |
ATLAS |
Visit |
|
|
0°
180° |
ATLAS |
Recover?/Deploy |
Stopped xmitting March 18. Subsurface possibly on site. Transmitted from Tauma Is., Kiribati on
April 14 |
|
02°N
180° |
ATLAS |
Recover/Deploy |
|
|
05°N
180° |
ATLAS |
Repair |
Swap
ATRH, T25 (divers, if possible) |
|
08°N
180° |
ATLAS |
Recover/Deploy |
|
2.1 CTD
At a minimum, 1,000 meter CTD casts shall be
conducted at each mooring site between 08°N and 08°S for sensor inter‑comparison
purposes. As time permits, additional or
deeper CTD’s should be conducted whenever addition of the CTD’s will not impact
scheduled mooring work. For example, if
the ship would arrive at the next mooring site in the middle of the night, it
is preferable to do CTD’s on the way, rather than remain hove to waiting for
daylight. Another example would be when
mooring operations are significantly ahead of schedule. Beyond those at mooring sites, CTD’s should
be conducted in the following order of priority:
·
1,000m CTD’s at one degree latitude
intervals between 12°N and 08°S, along the ship’s trackline.
·
Extend 1,000m CTD’s at mooring sites to a
minimum of 3,000m or a maximum depth of 200m from bottom. Four to six deep casts are optimal, occurring
at the beginning and end of the cruise as well as at both equatorial
sites.
·
1,000m CTD’s every one‑half degree
of latitude between 03°N and 03°S.
·
Additional calibration CTD’s to be
determined by Chief Scientist.
Eight seawater samples will be collected from each CTD cast
for later salinity analysis on-board with an autosalinometer. Sampling
depths vary depending on the depth of the cast. The Survey Technician,
together with other embarked scientific personnel will operate the CTD during
casts and take the samples. The Survey Technician will conduct later
analysis with the autosal.
2.2 Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological
Laboratory (AOML) Surface Drifters
The Global Drifter Center at NOAA/AOML requests
drifter deployments on an ancillary basis.
The drifters are small, easily deployed devices that are tracked by
ARGOS and provide Sea Surface Temperature (SST) and mixed layer currents. The global array of drifters provides SST
ground truth for NOAA’s polar orbiting satellite AVHRR SST maps. They also provide data to operational
meteorological and ocean models, and research ocean current data sets.
AOML drifters are scheduled at the following
positions:
TBA
The
contact for this project is:
Craig
Engler, NOAA/AOML
Global
Drifter Center,
Tel:
(305) 361‑4439
Fax:
(305) 361‑4392
E-mail:
Craig.Engler@noaa.gov
URL:
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/
2.3 Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
(PMEL) Argo Profiling CTD Floats
Several Argo floats are scheduled for
deployment on this cruise. Individual
deployment positions can be shifted by a degree or so along the ship track if
more convenient. Each float weighs about
56 lbs. The boxes weigh about 200 lbs.
full and are 82” long x 17” high x 23” long.
Boxes cannot be stored or transported on their small ends. The floats are sensitive to high
temperatures, so as space for a pair of floats becomes available on the
computer lab rack, it will be desirable to move floats from the next box to the
rack at the earliest convenient time. A
manual for float testing and deployment has been sent to the ship. Float deployment locations are as follows:
Float number deployment positions will be determined
prior to sailing by the Argo Program.
Argo float questions should be directed to:
Gregory
Johnson, NOAA/PMEL or Elizabeth Steffen,
NOAA/PMEL
Tel:
(206) 526-6806 Tel:
(206) 526-6747
E-mail:
pmel_floats@noaa.gov E-mail:
pmel_floats@noaa.gov
2.4 Discreet Gas Sampler
Whole air samples are cryogenically
dried and pumped into glass flasks by an automated system in the computer
lab. Following the cruise, the flasks
are returned to Princeton University for analysis by prepaid FEDEX. Pairs of flasks are collected while the ship
is underway at 08°N, 04°N, 00°, 04°S, and 08°S along the 165°E and 180° lines. Automated sampling cycle is approximately
five hours. It is anticipated that the
Survey Technician will perform the maintenance tasks. The Survey Technician will be shipping the
samples back to Princeton University.
The contact for this project is:
Michael Bender
Princeton University
Tel: (609) 258-2936
E-mail: bender@geo.princeton.edu
2.5 Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) Analysis
A 0.5 liter sea water sample will be collected
from the surface at whole degree CTD casts between 8N and 8S for later
dissolved inorganic carbon analysis.
Scripps Institute of Oceanography will provide sample jars and mercury
chloride solution. It is anticipated
that the Survey Technician, together with embarked scientific personnel will
take the samples. A small bench-top
drill press is installed on the ship to assist with the bottle capping
process. Samples will be shipped to
Scripps at the conclusion of this cruise.
The contacts for this project are:
Dr.
Andrew Dickson Dr.
Richard Feely
Scripps
Institution of Oceanography NOAA/PMEL
University
of California, San Diego 7600
Sand Point Way NE
Room
203 – Vaughan Hall Seattle,
Washington 98115
8675
Discovery Way
La
Jolla, California 92037
Tel:
(858) 534-2582 Tel:
(206) 526-6214
Email:
adickson@ucsd.edu E-mail: Richard.A.Feely@noaa.gov
2.6 Nitrate N and Oxygen Isotope Analysis
At 7°N,
1°N, and 7°S along 165° E and 180° , a 50-ml seawater sample
from surface CTD casts will be taken and stored for later Nitrate N and Oxygen
isotope analysis. Sample jars will be
provided by Scripps Institute of Oceanography.
It is anticipated that the Survey Technician, together with other
embarked scientific personnel will take the samples. Samples will be frozen in
the MBARI freezer and will be shipped back to Scripps at the conclusion of this
cruise (in pre-paid FEDEX envelope supplied).
The contact for this project is:
Patrick Rafter
Scripps Institute of Oceanography – UCSD
9500 Gilman Drive
Dept 0208
La Jolla, California 92093
E-mail: prafter@insci14.ucsd.edu
2.7 Nutrient Samples
The Survey Technician shall collect
a 30 ml surface water sample at each whole degree CTD cast for later nutrient
analysis. It is anticipated that the
Survey Technician, together with other embarked scientific personnel will take
the samples. Sample bottles, ice packs,
and a cooler will be provided by PMEL.
Samples are stored and shipped back to PMEL at the conclusion of the
cruise. Analysis is done at PMEL for the
CO2 program.
The contact for this project is:
Cathy Cosca
NOAA/PMEL
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, Washington 98115
Tel: (206) 526-6183
E-mail: cathy.cosca@noaa.gov
3.0
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
NOAA Ship KA’IMIMOANA will
operate in full compliance with all environmental compliance requirements
imposed by NOAA. The
Chief Scientist shall be responsible for complying with MOCDOC 15, Fleet
Environmental Compliance #07, Hazardous Material and Hazardous Waste Management
Requirements for Visiting Scientists, released July 2002. The MOCDOC web site address is:
By Federal regulations
and NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations policy, the ship may not sail without a
complete inventory of all hazardous materials by name and the anticipated
quantity brought aboard, MSDS and appropriate neutralizing agents, buffers,
and/or absorbents in amounts adequate to address spills of a size equal to the
amount of chemicals brought aboard and a chemical hygiene plan. The amount of hazardous material arriving and
leaving the vessel shall be accounted for by the Chief Scientist. NOAA Ship KA’IMIMOANA Environmental Compliance Officer will work with the Chief
Scientist to ensure that this management policy is properly executed, and that
any problems are brought promptly to the attention of the Commanding Officer.
3.1 Material
Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
All hazardous materials require a Material Safety Data Sheet
(MSDS). Copies of all MSDS’s shall be
forwarded to the ship at least two weeks prior to sailing. The Chief Scientist shall have copies of each
MSDS available when the hazardous materials are loaded aboard. Hazardous material for which the MSDS is not
provided will not be loaded aboard.
3.2 HAZMAT Inventory
The Chief Scientist will complete a local inventory form, provided
by the Commanding Officer, indicating the amount of each material brought
onboard, and for which the Chief Scientist is responsible. This inventory shall be updated at departure,
accounting for the amount of material being removed, as well as the amount
consumed in science operations and the amount being removed in the form of
waste. Where
applicable, the amounts of neutralizing agents, buffers and absorbents brought
onboard shall also be noted on the inventory.
3.3 HAZMAT Locker
The ship’s dedicated HAZMAT Locker contains two 45-gallon capacity
flammable cabinets and one 22-gallon capacity flammable cabinet, plus some
available storage on the deck. Unless there
are dedicated storage lockers (meeting OSHA/NFPA standards) in each van, all
HAZMAT, except small amounts for ready use, must be stored in the HAZMAT
Locker.
3.4 HAZMAT Spill Response
The scientific party, under the supervision of the Chief Scientist,
shall be prepared to respond fully to emergencies involving spills of any
mission HAZMAT. This includes providing
properly-trained personnel for response, as well as the necessary neutralizing
chemicals and clean-up materials. Ship’s
personnel are not first responders and will act in a support role only, in the
event of a spill.
3.5 Responsibilities
The Chief Scientist is directly responsible for the proper
handling, both administrative and physical, of all scientific party hazardous
wastes. No liquid wastes shall be
introduced into the ship’s drainage system.
No solid waste material shall be placed in the ship’s garbage. Ancillary
Projects shall properly train their personnel in hazardous material handling
and disposal.
3.6 Ancillary Projects Hazardous Materials
1.
Mercuric Chloride solution 400 ml Scripps/PMEL
2.
Mercuric Chloride powder 30
g Scripps/PMEL
3. CO2
cylinder 5-K
cylinders PMEL
4. LithX 1-Pail PMEL
Appendices:
A.
Operations Spreadsheet
B.
Trackline
C.
Mooring
Equipment Weight List